Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Robbie Slack, a longtime Jefferson County resident with a passion for caring for his community. Slack was born and raised here, and over the years, has…
Jefferson County welcomes RoseBudz Cleaning
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. On Jan. 23, 2024, at 11 a.m., community members met together at the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce at 420 W. Washington St. to celebrate the official…
Early medical care in Monticello
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. As a small, rural, agricultural town, we may not imagine Monticello had much as far as medical care in its early days. For some part, that was…
Nominations open for 2024 Ag Woman of the Year and Ag-Environmental Leadership Awards Deadline is March 1
Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson has announced the opening of the nomination process for the Woman of the Year in Agriculture Award and the…
UF/IFAS to offer Small Fruit Production seminar
De’Anthony Price Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent UF/IFAS Extension Jefferson County Are you thinking about growing small fruits? Do you want to start a U-Pick operation? On Tuesday, Feb. 20, please join…
Explosion alerts to house fire
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Jan. 19, at approximately 1:45 p.m., a neighbor alerted rescue officials about a house fire located on Old Lloyd Rd. According to the fire report,…
Cox reelected as mayor
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Mayor Gloria Cox will head the Monticello City Council for another year, with Councilman John Jones as her second or vice mayor. This was the decision of…
Postal snafu causes return of mail
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If you’ve had mail returned recently by the post office with a “Return to Sender, Not Deliverable as Addressed” yellow label affixed to the front, don’t feel…
Planners off to slow start on comp plan revision
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County planners got off to a slow start in their scheduled revision and update of the comprehensive plan on Thursday, Dec. 14, getting no further than…
National Security Matters – Foreign Policy
Thinking about the world situation today and our nation’s foreign policy, I cannot help but recognize the passing last year of Henry Kissinger. The man was a foreign policy genius for most…
Meet your neighbor: David Lawrence
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet David Lawrence, a hardworking longtime resident whose family has been here for several generations. He is happy to have been born and raised in the small…
Monticello Garden Club plants “Little Gem”
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Jan. 19, in recognition of Florida Arbor Day, the Monticello Garden Club gathered in the flower beds of the historical Wirick-Simmons House to plant a…
Goodwood to host group wedding on Valentine’s Day
Leon County Clerk of the Court Are you or is someone you know ready to tie the knot in 2024? Say “I Do” with the Leon County Clerk of the Court at…
Michelle Milligan to speak at Feb. 1 prayer breakfast
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The next meeting of the Monticello Community Prayer Breakfast will take place on Thursday, Feb. 1, from 7 to 8 a.m. This month’s gathering will be hosted…
The story of Waukeenah Highway’s Mr. Snowman
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. If you have recently traveled down Waukeenah Highway, you may have noticed a strange sight to behold—a giant metal snowman, standing proud with a smile by the…
Advanced age should teach wisdom
Those were the days! We could eat like a horse and not look like one. All of the school teachers were older than us. Life was an open highway. Then came the…
What Really Matters In Life?
Story Submitted A vacationing American businessman standing on the pier of a quaint coastal fishing village in southern Mexico watched as a small boat with just one young Mexican fisherman pulled into…
Multiple JCS construction projects underway
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Schools has four construction projects actively underway at the present time. One involves a wrecking ball at the old Water Street campus, and the other…
Dollar General withdraws application
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The site-plan review hearing that the Monticello Local Planning Agency (LPA) was scheduled to hold this week on the Dollar General Store in town was canceled at…
Local youth council receives $30K in grants
Gladys Roann-Watson Contributor The Jefferson County Youth Council is excited and pleased to share that it has applied for and received two grants: $15,000 from the National Recreation Foundation and $15,000 from…